Extension Program 2025 – 2026
The Toronto Psychoanalytic Society’s Extension Program has been running continuously for more than 25 years and remains a very well received and popular educational program in the Toronto professional community among colleagues who work in the mental health field.
It is our hope that we continue to be aware of and meet the educational needs of the professional community, and we are trying to do our best to respond to that by offering the wide variety of Extension Courses listed below. All are now offered virtually and will appeal to those in the mental health professions and beyond.
2025
COURSE ONE – The Inside Story: How Writers Write
Thursday, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm: September 11, 18, October 30, December 4, 2025
Course Coordinator and Instructor: Karen Dougherty, MA, RP (CRPO), FIPA
Fee: $280
Registration Deadline: September 4, 2025
* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – This course will be conducted online.
COURSE TWO – Lacan from the Beginnings
Thursday, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm: September 11, 18, 25, October 2, 9, 2025
Course Coordinator and Leader: Judith Hamilton, MD, (Ret.) FRCP(Psych)
Fee: $350
Registration Deadline: September 4, 2025
* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – This course will be conducted online.
SPECIAL EXTENSION PROGRAM WORKSHOP – “The Ear Does It”
Sunday, September 14, 2025: 9:30 am – 2:00 pm
Workshop Coordinator and Instructor: Cecilia Taiana, PhD, FIPA
Fee: $150
Registration Deadline: Registration is now closed.
* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – This workshop will be conducted online.
COURSE THREE – Family Mediation from a Psychoanalytic Perspective
Thursday, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm: September 25, October 9, 16, 23, 2025
Course Coordinator: Allison Greene, LLB, RP
Course Leaders: Elena V. Reshetnikova, BA, BCL, LLB Lawyer, Mediator and TIP Candidate; Hayley MacPhail, M.Ed, BACYW Family Mediator and Child and Family Counsellor
Fee: $280
Registration Deadline: September 18, 2025
* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – This course will be conducted online.
COURSE FOUR – Discussing Netflix and Kanopy Films from a Psychoanalytic Perspective
Sunday, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm: September 28, October 26, November 30, 2025, January 25, February 22, and March 29, 2026
Course Coordinator: Barbara Burrows, B.A., RP., FIPA
Fee: No Fee
Registration Deadline: September 21, 2025
* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – This course will be conducted online.
SPECIAL EXTENSION PROGRAM WORKSHOP – A Psychodynamic Exploration of Pet Bereavement
Saturday, October 18, 2025: 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Workshop Coordinator and Instructor: Karen Dougherty, RP, FIPA
Workshop Instructors: Sarah Bernardi, MSW, RSW and Colleen Rolland, BA, MA
Fee: $150
Registration Deadline: October 11, 2025
* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – This course will be conducted online.
COURSE FIVE – Clinical Lacan: “Painful Loves”
Thursday, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm: November 14, 21, 28, December 5, 12, 19, 2024
Course Coordinator: Judith Hamilton, MD (Ret’d), FRCPC
Course Leaders: Judith Hamilton, MD (Ret’d), FRCP Psych; Reza Naderi PhD; Carlos Rivas, PhD, RP; and Alireza Taheri, PhD, RP
Fee: $420
Registration Deadline: October 30, 2025
* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – This course will be conducted online.
COURSE SIX – The Mind: A Neuropsychoanalytic Exploration
Saturday, 9:00 am – 11:00 am: November 8, 15, 22, 29, 2025
Course Instructor: Mark Solms, PhD
Course Coordinators: Karen Dougherty, MA, RP (CRPO), FIPA and Steven Silver, Filmmaker, TIP Candidate
Fee: $280
Registration Deadline: November 1, 2025
* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – This course will be conducted online.
2026
COURSE SEVEN – Personality Development: Our Beginnings in Infancy
Thursday, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm: January 15, 22, 29, February 5, 12, 2026
Course Coordinators and Leaders: Sandra Meyerovitz, MA (Social Work), Dipl. TCPP, FIPA and Ella Rogalska, DTATI, Dip. TCPP, RP, Cert. IMHS
Fee: $350
Registration Deadline: January 2, 2026
* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – This course will be conducted online.
COURSE EIGHT – Guilt: A Contemporary Introduction – Donald L. Carveth PhD., RP, FIPA
Thursday, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm: January 15, 22, 29, February 5, 2026
Course Leader: Donald L. Carveth PhD, RP, FIPA
Course Coordinator: Elena Reshetnikova, BA, BCL, LLB
Fee: $280
Registration Deadline: January 8, 2026
* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – This course will be conducted online.
COURSE NINE – Techniques (Not Theories) of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Thursday, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm: March 5, 12, 19, 26, April 2, 2026
Course Coordinator and Leader: Judith Hamilton, MD (Ret’d), FRCP Psych
Fee: $350
Registration Deadline: February 27, 2026
* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – This course will be conducted online.
COURSE TEN – Bion in the Clinic
Thursday, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm: April 9, 16, 23, 30, 2026
Course Coordinator and Leader: Cynthia Saruk, MD, FRCP(C) DABPN
Fee: $280
Registration Deadline: April 2, 2026
* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – This course will be conducted online.
COURSE ELEVEN – Documentaries Viewed Through a Psychoanalytic Lens
Wednesday, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm: April 22, 29, May 6, 13, 20, 2026
Course Coordinators: Karen Dougherty, M.A., RP, FIPA and Steven Silver, TIP Candidate
Fee: $350
Registration Deadline: April 15, 2026
* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – This course will be conducted online.
COURSE TWELVE – Psychoanalysis and Attachment Theory
Wednesday, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm: March 25, April 1, 8, 15, 2026
Course Coordinator and Leader: Ella Rogalska, DTATI, Dip. TCPP, RP, Cert. IMHS
Fee: $280
Registration Deadline: March 18, 2026
* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – This course will be conducted online.
COURSE THIRTEEN – Adventures in French Structuralism
Thursday, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm: April 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14, 21, 2026
Course Coordinator: Judith Hamilton, MD (Ret’d), FRCP Psych
Course Leaders: Reza Naderi, PhD; Carlos Rivas, PhD, RP; and Alireza Taheri, PhD, RP
Fee: $420
Registration Deadline: April 9, 2025
* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – This course will be conducted online.
The Overall Learning Objectives of the Extension Program
At the end of each course:
- Participants should have a clearer psychoanalytic perspective in their work with clients.
- Participants will have been guided to read current sources of psychoanalytic literature to understand the material in the course.
- Participants will be made more aware of different theoretical schools of psychoanalytic thinking and their application, emphasizing new perspectives.
The Extension Courses are eligible for Section 1 CME credits (0.5 credits/hour).
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – All Classes will be conducted online via Zoom.
Preregistration is required. Deadline for registration is one week prior to the start date.
Full-time students in universities and colleges, and mental-health trainees are eligible for a 25% reduction in course fees. Proof of 2025/2026 status needs to be provided. Please contact the tps&i directly to register at a discount. Refunds must be requested in writing two weeks prior to the beginning of a course. A handling fee of $30 will be retained. After these two weeks, fees cannot be returned.
For more information about and for registration in the tps&i Extension Programs, Scientific Meetings, Training Programs, Study and Supervision groups and Special Presentations, please visit our website: torontopsychoanalysis.com or email info@torontopsychoanalysis.com.